Plant Life Cycle Worksheets

From seed to sprout to young plant to flower, and back to seed: a life cycle to color, a cut-and-paste, what plants need and a bean journal, in black and white for kindergarten to 2nd grade.

The Little Seed reader cover
Free reader · Kindergarten

The Little Seed

A six-page picture book to print, cut and staple: one short line on every page, and three questions to talk about on the back.

The Little Seed, page 1: Kate plants a seed.The Little Seed, page 2: She gives it water.The Little Seed, page 3: Look! A little sprout.The Little Seed, page 4: The plant grows and grows.The Little Seed, page 5: Now it has a flower!The Little Seed, page 6: The flower has new seeds.
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Free Plant Life Cycle worksheets

Each is a PDF to print right away, in black and white. Sheets with right answers have the answer key on page 2.

Life Cycle of a Plant worksheet preview

Life Cycle of a Plant

K-2

The four stages round a circle with arrows: seed, sprout, young plant and flowering plant, each named, to color.

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Plant Life Cycle Cut and Paste worksheet preview

Plant Life Cycle Cut and Paste

K-2

Cut out four picture cards and glue them round the circle in order, from the seed to the flower. Answer key on page 2.

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What Plants Need worksheet preview

What Plants Need

K-2

Sunlight, water, air and soil: four pictures to color, each with one sentence to read.

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My Bean Plant Journal worksheet preview

My Bean Plant Journal

K-2

Grow a bean in a cup and draw it six times over two weeks, with a line under each drawing.

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Plant Life Cycle pack: the reader and worksheets
K-2 Science Pack

The Plant Life Cycle pack

The whole unit in one place: all 10 Plant Life Cycle worksheets in one print-ready file with every answer key, and the The Little Seed reader in both editions, kindergarten and grades 1-2 (the grades 1-2 book has fuller sentences on every page).

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More K-2 science

Life Cycle of a Chicken, Living and Nonliving, Animals, Weather and Seasons, Solid, Liquid and Gas, Dinosaurs, Pumpkins and Apples, and all topics on the K-2 science page.

Teaching the plant life cycle

Read the free The Little Seed book first. Kate the squirrel plants a sunflower seed, waters it, watches it sprout and grow, and finds new seeds in the flower. Then color the life cycle together and cut and paste the stages in order.

Plants need sunlight, water, air and soil. The best way to see the cycle is to grow it: plant a bean in a clear cup with a wet paper towel and draw it on the bean journal over two weeks.

More about plants

For the parts of a plant, see the parts of a plant page, and for pumpkins and apples, the pumpkins and apples unit.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the stages of a plant life cycle for kids?
Kindergarten to 2nd grade usually teach four: the seed, the sprout, the young plant and the grown plant with a flower. The flower makes new seeds, and the cycle starts again.
What do plants need to grow?
Sunlight, water, air and soil. The leaves use sunlight to make food, and the roots take in water from the soil.
Are the plant life cycle worksheets free?
Yes. The life cycle to color, the cut and paste, What Plants Need and the bean plant journal are free PDFs in black and white.